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Pictures from the Heart: A Tarot Dictionary

For hundreds of years, people have turned to the tarot for guidance and focus in seeking answers to life’s questions. While millions use the Tarot regularly, much of its history, lore, and symbolism remain obscure–making it difficult for the user to get the deepest possible reading. Also, with hundreds of different decks available, drawing on several major traditions, finding the right deck–the one that the Tarot user will find most sympathetic to their needs, desires, and usage–can become an arduous task.

Pictures from the Heart provides hundreds of entries detailing the symbolism of the Tarot, contrasting the various decks on the market, as well as issues, figures, and topics of interest to the Tarot user. For both the experienc
Pictures from the Heart: A Tarot Dictionary

SYMBOLISM OF THE TAROT: Philosophy Of Occultism In Pictures And Numbers

No study of occult philosophy is possible without an acquaintance with symbolism, for if the words occultism and symbolism are correctly used, they mean almost one and the same thing. Symbolism cannot be learned as one learns to build bridges or speak a foreign language… Special training of the mind is necessary in order to comprehend the “language of the Initiates…” There are many methods for developing the “sense of symbols” in those who are striving to understand the hidden forces of Nature and Man, and for teaching the fundamental principles as well as the elements of the esoteric language. One of the most interesting of these methods, is the Tarot…– From the Introduction, “What Is The Tarot?”
SYMBOLISM OF THE TAROT: Philosophy Of Occultism In Pictures And Numbers

P.D. Ouspensky is a leading and influential figure in occult and mystical thought and philosophy, most famous for his seminal work, Tertium Organum. Here Ouspensky delves into the mystical symbolism of the Major Arcana of the tarot; this book reads more like poetry than a how to book, and will illuminate you imagination with visions that ill add depth and meaning to your readings and understanding of the mystery of tarot. Fully Illustrated with the Wirth Tarot… More >>

The Symbolism of the Tarot: Philosophy of Occultism in Pictures and Numbers